Apologies if this has been covered before, although this is what you might call a "variation on a theme". (I have looked through previous posts and this precise topic doesn't seem to have been covered)
This has been stimulated by comments made in a thread I have been reading on an LRO forum.
A couple of months ago I bought a 110 CSW. In those two months I have converted it to run on vegetable oil (hence "Reggie the Veggie") which was by the very simple addition of a heat exchanger in the heater circuit and added a roof rack. I have also bought a capstan winch and diesel heater (yet to be fitted).
I knew that after making the veggie conversion I needed to let my insurer know, but I wasn't aware that adding a roof-rack classes as a modification as well.
The nice lass at Adrian Flux defined a modification as "anything that is different to the basic model" (or something along those lines.) Thus the diesel heater and capstan winch also class as modifications.
The question now comes, when does a modification stop and adding an accessory start? I am planning on replacing the factory fitted horns with air horns - is that a "modification". Similarly, if I add spotlights, does that count?
It might also be worth, all those of you who have made additions to your LR, as to whether in fact you have "modified" your LR and thus if you don't declare it I assume the insurer may have legitimate grounds to decline any insurance claims as a result.
This is not a rant (even though it may seem like it), nor is it scaremongering (not intentianally anyway) its just trying to understand when a minor change stops and a modification starts and to make sure that all of us have got cast iron insurance cover!
Does anybody elses have experience with or views on this?
Cheers
Peter
1990 110 CSW "Reggie the Veggie" 1973 Hillman Imp 1964 Rover P4 110 1959 Austin A40 Farina